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THT 503

Known as:	THT 503; B 503; SHT 902.f; Gö. 746; pencil no. 1415
Cite this page as:	"THT 503". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-tht503 (accessed 15 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 65.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	Skt.; TB
Linguistic stage:	late
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Medicine/Magic
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Manuscript:	THT 503-505
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	– le || cu ru khu ru vi [ti] [nā] [v]· [n]· sv· – ///
a2	– klo au kca [ta] tsā kaṃ te sa nä sai [ty]· ///
a3	– le a mpo ñai sta ma s̝aṃ || si ri ///
a4	– si ri phu si ri bi si ri [pha] s[th]ā – ///
a5	saṃ kra ma saṃ kra ma ma ṇḍe saṃ kra ma • [ma] [ṇḍe] ///
b1	na svā hā || na ma śa – [c]· [kr]· – – ///
b2	a ji tā ya vi ṣṇa ve • i ri di li – – ///
b3	– le nti i ṭṭi phu mi ṭṭi phu – ///
b4	– sa i phu svā ha to nvi ca nma sa ///
b5	– ma nä sai tya ma s̝a le – si¯ ¯m śa ·ā ///

Transcription

a1	– le ॥ curukhuru vitināv· n· sv(āhā) ///
a2	– klo auk catä tsākaṃ tesa näsait y· ///
a3	– le ampoñai stamäṣäṃ ॥ siri ///
a4	– siri phusiri bisiri phasthā – ///
a5	saṃkrama saṃkrama maṇḍe saṃkrama • maṇḍe ///
b1	na svāhā ॥ nama śa – c· kr· – – ///
b2	ajitāya viṣṇave • iridili – – ///
b3	– lenti iṭṭi phumiṭṭi phu – ///
b4	– sa iphu svāha ton vicanmasa ///
b5	– mä näsait yamaṣäle – sim śa ·ā ///

Other

a2	If an arṣāklo-snake, an auk-snake [or] a cat bites, a spell is to be cast with it. (Peyrot 2013b: 706)

References

Online access

IDP: THT 503; TITUS: THT 503

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 312

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a2 (706)